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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1895
Page
6
A period piece on potato planting methods, spring beekeeping tips, and early vegetables. It covers soil preparation with deep plowing, furrow technique, and clod removal to improve yields, plus guidance on early spring bee nutrition and crossbreeding Leghorns with Brahmas for better meat and egg production.
A fragmented report discusses growing edible mushrooms, mentioning growth on benches in greenhouses and related methods. It notes recent interest among gardeners and mentions a variety of conditions and steps used in cultivation, though details are incomplete.
A farm bulletin describes how to build warm dry mushroom beds in stables or on the ground using spawn placed on manure. Beds are formed as domes or shelves with earth and bars for support, aiming for productive yields like standard beds. Strong emphasis on proper bedding, moisture, and ventilation.
A Maine farmer advises American Cultivator on top dreasing of mowing lands for moist lands and low meadows. Sow herds grass and red top with manure ashes and plaster, harrow to break turf, and seed down to grass. Wood ashes are strong fertilizer. Don’t overuse soil before seeding. two years of cropping is enough on ordinary ground.
Loret T Grenier of New York writes for American Cultivator that on worn sandy soil sweet potatoes can be grown with success farther north than usual. With judicious management they are profitable in New Jersey and southward. Early Golden and bunch yam deserve trial in north home gardens where conditions suit. Avoid heavy or cold soils and always use bill manuring with deep plowing.
Large quantities of beans are imported yearly. U S tobacco exports average about 230 million pounds annually with New York shipping around 150 million. Baltimore leads, then New Orleans and Boston in export volume. An English exchange assures poultry keepers that traps baited with sunflower seed will not fail. The rate cannot resist this.
A detailed description compares a German imperial Trakehner stallion with a French carriage horse. It explains Trakehners’ heavy build for large carriage teams, their purity and long breeding history, and how Germany separates saddle from harness horses. It notes a vast farm system, brands by color, and usefulness for farmers as general purpose mounts.
A detailed Rural New Yorker article discusses horse feeding regimes, including daily rations of corn, bran, linseed meal, and straw. It covers forage costs, economical mixes, and alternatives like clover hay and timothy hay, plus notes on cottonseed products, steer feeding, and dairy considerations such as cream separators.
The article traces a century of dairy progress from early churns and log cabins to modern creameries, refrigerated transport, and better butter quality. It notes the rise of creameries, farmer prosperity, improved buildings, and the impact of refrigerator cars on delivering fresh butter and cheese, with advice on churn temperatures and storage.
A compilation discusses cream content in butter, skimming practices, and the impact on quality. It cites Carl Zutterumas on proper butter production and Hoards Dairyman condemning filled cheese made from lard and skimmed milk. It also mentions dairy experts like Mr. Goodrich and notes squid tales alongside a Washington veto and a dying ex-Lord Mayor.
A farmer’s tale describes switching to wide tires on farm wagons to boost load capacity and cut road tax. His late husband adopted the “sink footed wagon” and convinced neighbors that wide tires reduced road costs.
In a Burlington county board meeting, Mr. Thomas B. Parker argues that narrow wagon tires cause deep ruts and dust. proposes regulations for tire width by vehicle, from six to seven inches for wagons and six to seven inches for multi-horse stages. He favors changing tires without removing wheels and recommends a Dessemar steel tire, plus road grading and rolling with a cast iron roller to improve road surfaces.
Fragmentary OCR yields a mishmash of lines: a Colonel Pope quote on unity and posterity, a remark about Bob Ingersoll drawing about 100 listeners in Auguste Harrah, and a stray ad boast for paper meat sacks. The readable pieces hint at rhetoric and local ads but few coherent events.
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